Describing organisms having gills with bilateral or paired structures, combining the concept of double-sided pleura with branched gill arrangement.
Combination of Greek 'diplos' (double), 'pleura' (side), and Latin 'branchia' (gills), describing animals with paired branching gill structures.
This term describes many mollusks and crustaceans that evolved matching gills on each side of their body—nature's solution for efficient underwater breathing on a symmetric body plan.
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